The Plantation Lakes Garden Club Program Committee prepares active schedule of activities, speakers and tours for the garden club members and some community events.
Below is a list of our past speakers with easy access to their information.
GARDEN PHOTOGRAPHY
Michelle Walfred, Communications Specialist at University of Delaware of Agriculture & Natural Resources
302-856-7303 x 550
https://www.flickr.com/people/dorseymw/
BRITTINGHAM FARMS
Speaker Series
Laura Brittingham, owner of Brittingham Farms.
22518 Phillips Hl Rd, Millsboro, DE 19966
https://www.Brittinghamfarms.com
BELLA TARRA
Jay Millman, Manager at Bella Terra Landscapes in Milton, Delaware
13482 Spicer Rd. Ellendale, DE
EAST COAST GARDEN CENTER
30366 Cordrey Rd. Millsboro. DE 302-945-3489
http://www.eastcoastgardencenter.com
Cassie Camacho, PLGC Member and Floral Designer Extraordinaire
ROOTED WISDOM: NATURE’S ROLE IN
THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD
Anthony Cohen, Historian and Adkins Arboretum Docent
126 Eveland Rd. Ridgely, MD
https://www.adkinsarbortum.org
STORY HILL FARM
Helen Raleigh, Story Hill Farm Owner
34645 Winding RD., Frankford, DE 19945
302-725-8200
Abbott’s Mill Nature Center
TOUR
Abbott’s Mill Nature Center sits on a 376-acre piece of Milford Millponds Nature Preserve and features beautiful trails.
15411 Abbott’s Pond Rd. Milford, DE 19963 301-422-0847
Lords Landscaping in Millville
Lord’s Landscaping in Millville came to share her ideas with us for creating a garden that you can enjoy after dark. Find out what it will take for you to have a “moon garden” in your yard or on your deck/balcony.
35577 Atlantic Ave., Millville, DE 19967 302-539-6119
http://www.lordslandscaping.com/
Delaware Botanic Gardens
TOUR
To create a world-class, inspirational, educational, and sustainable public botanic garden is southern Delaware for the benefit and enjoyment for all.
30220 Piney Neck Rd. Dagsboro, DE 19939 302-321-9061
https://www.delawaregardens.org/our-story
Mt. Cuba Center
TOUR
Mt. Cuba Center is a 500-acre botanic garden located in the gently rolling hills of the Delaware Piedmont in Hockessin Delaware. Its woodland gardens produce some of the most spectacular displays of wildflowers in the mid-Atlantic region. Garden areas include native plant meadows, woodland and pond gardens, formal gardens, and historic non-native plants.
3120 Barley Mill Rd, Hockessin, DE 19707 302-239-4244
ST. MICHAEL’S
TOUR
Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum
a charming town in nearby Maryland that is home to the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum and several restaurants and shops. We enjoyed a scenic river cruise and narrated tour of St. Michael’s history, dating back to the American Revolution. Following the cruise, we will have an opportunity to experience the ambiance of the town’s colonial and Victorian-era charm with a walking tour, shopping, and dining.
MAY DAY
MAY 1
A FORGOTTEN TRADITION
Celebrated annually, PLGC members and other residents will display a May Basket in front of their homes to help “Beautify Plantation Lakes One Front Door at a Time.”
May Day Basket History
May Day baskets can have many different appearances that are left anonymously for friends and neighbors on the first day of May. Traditionally, May Day baskets are taken to the recipient’s house and hung on the doorknob or left on the porch in secret, a sweet, unexpected way to brighten up a neighbor’s May Day.
Gardening for Water and Wildlife